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Sunday, March 03, 2013

Updated Big Ten Tournament Seeding Predictions

We're through the looking glass, people. It's March, and the madness has started. Thanks
to Wisconsin getting upset at home by Purdon't and Michigan knocking off
Michigan State, IU has clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season title. A win against Ohio State on Tuesday for Senior Night or at Michigan on Sunday will mean the Hoosiers' first outright Big Ten title since
1993, and all will be right again in the world.

Here
are the current standings, with the conference record, each team's remaining
games, and my predictions:

1. Indiana (13-3): OSU (W), at Michigan (L)

2
(tie). Michigan (11-5): at Purdue (W), IU (W)

2
(tie). Michigan State (11-5): Wisconsin (W), NW (W)

2
(tie). Ohio State (11-5): at IU (L), Illinois (W)

2
(tie). Wisconsin (11-5): at MSU (L), at PSU (W)

6
(tie). Illinois (8-8): at Iowa (W), at OSU (L)

6
(tie). Minnesota (8-8): at Nebraska (W), at Purdue (W)

7
(tie). Iowa (7-9): Illinois (L), Nebraska (W)

7
(tie). Purdue (7-9): Michigan (L), Minnesota (L)

10
(tie). Northwestern (4-12): PSU (W), at MSU (L)

10
(tie). Nebraska (4-12): Minnesota (L), at Iowa (L)

12. Penn State (1-15): at NW (L), Wisconsin (L)

Given
my predictions and Big Ten
tiebreaking rules, here is how the Big Ten Tournament seeds should fall
into place and how the Big Ten Tournament will play out (all times are Central):

1. Indiana (14-4)

2. Michigan (13-5) (would have tiebreaker over
MSU based on better record vs. IU than MSU)

3. Michigan State (13-5)

4. Wisconsin (12-6) (would have tiebreaker over OSU
based on better record vs. IU than OSU)